Torrejón el Rubio

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1989. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 100% of the municipality.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

IGME records 4 wells and boreholes in Torrejón el Rubio. Half of the 4 with a depth found water at 6–7 m.

Ground: 51% practically impermeable; 38% low permeability, local groundwater only; 8.9% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 100% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 16% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 85%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 492 mm a year (1971–2000), about 450 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33 °C, about 37.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 14 a year, about 4 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Serradilla · Jaraicejo · Serrejón · Monroy · Casas de Miravete · Toril · Trujillo